Oracle GoldenGate Reviews

The solution in our organization is not used for execution. We use it for a few schedules and to replicate in different databases.

We like how in GoldenGate the heterogeneous database is supported. Sometimes the client actually needs a schedule and needs to ensure the state of databases for reporting purposes. With that in mind, we have been able to configure GoldenGate for certain schema.

The solution is quite stable.

They've recently improved the ease of implementation.

Right now, the solution is working quite well for us as it is.

The solution is quite costly, and if they could reduce their pricing, it would be more economical to implement.

I've been using the solution for the past three to five years.

The solution is very reliable. I don't recall experiencing bugs or glitches, or crashes, for that matter. I'd describe it as very stable.

The solution is extremely scalable. If a company needs to expand it, it should be able to do so without any issues.

We're a service provider and we implement products to companies of various sizes.

As a vendor company, we're eligible to give support to our clients if they need it. As for contacting their technical support services, I don't recall if we really needed to, so I can't speak to their quality of service.

I've only ever worked with this solution. I haven't tried any similar solutions in the past.

In previous versions, the solution wasn't so easy to implement. In the latest version of the solution, they've made it really straightforward. It's much less complex than it was previously.

How long deployment takes depends on your formation and your design. If you want to do two more samples just for feature comparing, then it will take maybe three to four hours, if that. However, if you want to do some complex configurations, while it depends on the customer, it will take longer. How much of a database they want to initiate with GoldenGate will factor in on the length of time it will take. If the size is bigger by one million or even 200,000, then it will take much longer. 

We're a vendor company; we help our customers with the implementation.

The cost of the solution is a bit high. It's higher than a lot of competitors.

We're a reseller. We help our clients implement the solution.

I'm not sure which version of the solution I'm using or if it's the most current. 

GoldenGate, right now, is a really fantastic solution. The price is high, but it's worth the cost, in my opinion.  

It works with heterogeneous environments like Oracle, or IBM digital. We host it in servers and we host it in databases. A lot of the times we also host it in MySQL or on the MySQL database. 

The solution uses a very low latency bandwidth because GoldenGate actually transfers the data. It will not take up a lot of resources like CPU or memory.

I'd rate the solution nine out of ten.

Ease of installation, maintenance and powerful outputs and supporting Big Data and Cloud environment as well as OGGCS (Oracle Golden Gate Cloud Service).

Replicated source system data seamlessly flew in our Operational Data Store (ODS). Different types of source systems (IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server) are supported for real time replication.

With the upgrade, I now can able to replicate Big Data solution from any supported source system to Hadoop clusters.

Oracle GoldenGate Studio could be more user-friendly.

It would be better for Oracle Golden Gate Studio GUI to include other licensed products (i.e. Veridata or others).

More than 5 years.

No, if found Oracle Support and/or Oracle Community helped me a lot.

In earlier versions, DDL support was limited as well as the need of primary key constraints in the source tables. This made me create partitions, sub-partitions, truncate and perform other operations upon they are performed in source systems and I need to discuss with source system administrators and need to convince them to let them create primary keys for replicated tables

But both issues are solved now.

No.

Created some service requests about GoldenGate years before, but all are solved.

10 over 10.

Quest Shareplex, because of licensing costs.

Straightforward, easy. Deployed everything within Oracle Data Integrator.

In-house and vendor, depending on the project.

Developing 1000 of ODI interfaces for loading into Operational Data Store will took not more than 100 man/days. But, adding them to Golden Gate is taking not more than 5 man/days.

No comment about pricing and licensing.

Yes, we switched from SharePlex of Quest Software.

Oracle GoldenGate is a stable, powerful and robust solution for your data replication needs. It supports not only Oracle, but also many source and target systems to replicate.

It now has the ability to work together with Oracle Enterprise Manager, as well as it has its own GUI (Oracle GoldenGate Studio).

Management Pack and VeriData are additional packs for your management and data verification needs.

I used Oracle GoldenGate for some migrations and consultations between different types of businesses.

Oracle GoldenGate has a lot of benefits. You can use Oracle GoldenGate as a DR for your system. You can use the solution if you don't want to have unnecessary recovery using synchronization or have some restrictions, like character suit or limited use.

Oracle GoldenGate can help if you have only to replicate the subset of your data and not the full data. Suppose you are in an organization with many branches and are interested in replicating only the accounting and not the financial data. In that case, Oracle GoldenGate will help you with some considerations, calculations, and transformations associated with it.

In Oracle GoldenGate, we don't have full capabilities or information on ODI products for Oracle, which are specifically used for transformations. You can do your coding or transformation processes and do your job. Sometimes I use a quality tool for Oracle to do some transformation from data cleansing and data insights.

I know every Oracle product has been designed for each feature, and Oracle GoldenGate is a dedicated tool for better transformation and replication. It would be great if Oracle added some enhanced features or more functionalities to Oracle GoldenGate. Although currently, it's a good prototype, Oracle GoldenGate can do more.

I have been using Oracle GoldenGate for almost four years.

Oracle GoldenGate's stability is better if you follow the metrics for compatibility between software versions. If you follow all the metrics, Oracle GoldenGate's stability can be rated an eight to nine out of ten. However, you may face some bugs if you don't follow the metrics.

I rate Oracle GoldenGate an eight or nine out of ten for scalability. Oracle GoldenGate can work for small, medium, and enterprise companies. It's scalable to work on different scales.

We sometimes need to open the tickets with Oracle to get technical support. Depending on the team and the escalation level, sometimes we get a very good response from Oracle, and sometimes we don't.

Positive

Oracle GoldenGate's initial setup is very simple because Oracle has a dedicated version for every database, whether Oracle or non-Oracle. For the initial setup between the source and the solution, the ease of setup depends on the configuration and the business requirement. It does not depend only on the technology but on the customer's requirements. If you have a very complex replication, it needs a more complicated setup. It depends on each task.

We can't comment that it's always easy to have Oracle GoldenGate, and we can set it up in a day or two. Sometimes you can set it up within a few hours; other times, it needs very deep understanding and preparation before going to Oracle Golden Gate.

You might need some help from ODI or other tools to prepare your data and get ready. It will be easier if everything is clear and there is an understanding of the mapping between the source and destination, objects, and attributes. However, you cannot have a definite answer for all cases.

In certain cases, customers could install the solution themselves. Oracle has had a GUI interface for Oracle GoldenGate for two or three years called the microservices. Microservices can be easier to set up for single cases. However, if you have some complex cases, you will need some help understanding data, replication, and knowing if some preparation is required at the beginning.

I would recommend Oracle GoldenGate to other users because it’s a good product.

Overall, I rate Oracle GoldenGate an eight out of ten.

We are using it for getting data back.

It works best with Oracle.

The front-end management isn't very good.

Its pricing and licensing can also be better.

I have been using this solution for about a year.

It is very stable.

It is very scalable.

Their technical support is pretty good. I would rate them a four out of five.

It was easy to set up.

I installed it myself.

Its price can be better. It is a bit crazy, and its licensing is very difficult to understand. I would rate it one out of five in terms of pricing. 

There don't seem to be any additional costs.

I would recommend this product. It's pretty good. 

I would rate it a seven out of ten.

My customer uses Oracle GoldenGate mostly for pumping data from one database to another, including data storage format changes. The solution is also used for migrating from one system to another and cross-platform migrations.

What I like most about Oracle GoldenGate is that it supports cross-platform migrations. For example, Oracle GoldenGate could pump data from one type of system to another such as the data from Oracle DB to SQL Db2.

What needs improvement in Oracle GoldenGate is the support.

Another feature that needs to be improved in the solution is its GUI. It would be useful for programmers or users to be able to work from the GUI, not just from the command line.

Simplifying how Oracle GoldenGate is used would also make the solution better.

I've been working with Oracle GoldenGate for more than three years.

Oracle GoldenGate is a stable solution because a lot of my customers use it and it doesn't hang. It doesn't crash. It works.

Oracle GoldenGate is a scalable solution.

The technical support for Oracle GoldenGate still needs a little bit of improvement. On a scale of one to five, I'm rating the support for the product as four out of five.

Oracle GoldenGate is quite complex to set up and support, though it has powerful features. Deployment could be completed within days or weeks, depending on your database and how your storage structure is implemented. The process may require some introduction and workarounds for it to go smoothly. It highly depends on the database you're using.

Licensing for Oracle GoldenGate is paid yearly.

I concentrate on Oracle products, and I'm currently working with Oracle GoldenGate.

My company provides Oracle GoldenGate for customers, so my team has been working with a lot of versions of the solution, starting from version 12 up to version 19.

My company works on consulting projects, and can also sell licenses, but if the customer has a license and requires some solutions, the team can provide complete services, starting from designing architecture, upgrading, ensuring there's minimal downtime, etc.

At the moment, my company has seven clients using Oracle GoldenGate.

My advice to others who want to start using Oracle GoldenGate is that it may not be as easy at the beginning, but it's a good product.

My current rating for Oracle GoldenGate is nine out of ten, but if I'm able to evaluate other solutions, that rating could change to a lower or higher rating.

Our primary use for this solution is the replication of data between heterogeneous environments to implement a data hub. We use this for reporting purposes or to publish data to the various systems (acquire and publish technique) using multiple technologies and multiple platforms. They are typically Oracle DBs on Oracle platforms, with some different types of databases, like Teradata, and also sourcing data into Hadoop Big Data.

This solution has a well-known procedure for troubleshooting and tuning the performance, providing for smooth operation. There is minimal effort required for maintenance, which would be performed by non-dedicated DBA.

The most valuable feature of this solution is its compatibility with Oracle DB and Oracle products, generally, as our environment is really dependant on them.

The flexibility for customization as well as the scalability of the tool is very important, as we expand our environment we can expand and scale up the tool on the go.

The User Interface should be improved in newer versions, but without putting any restrictions on the customization capabilities. Additional performance metrics should be added and visible in a dashboard, displayed in a detailed manner.

The licensing model should be improved to be more cost-effective for the end users.

This solution is straightforward to implement with a hassle-free setup.

We use GoldenGate to integrate and consolidate various databases. After this, we send the information to Oracle Cloud Analytics to generate reports. 

GoldenGate enables us to merge and transform data from various sources in real time. It's a powerful tool that can read and load most data sources. 

I have worked with Oracle for six years and GoldenGate for the past two. 

GoldenGate is highly stable.

GoldenGate is highly scalable.

Oracle support is okay.

Setting up GoldenGate was straightforward. 

GoldenGate is expensive. It's costly because this solution is unique in our market. The GoldenGate Cloud Service is cheaper than the on-premise solution. 

I rate Oracle GoldenGate 10 out of 10. I recommend GoldenGate for business customers who need data integration. There are multiple GoldenGate products to use.